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#55412
28.1; In Emacs 28.1, using ':eval' in 'frame-title-format' doesn't work properly
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Reported by: tanzer <at> swing.co.at
Date: Sat, 14 May 2022 15:46:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 28.1
Done: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
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Hello, Martin.
On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 17:01:43 +0200, martin rudalics wrote:
> >> When I type M-:, save the expression to evaluate from some other frame,
> >> and the subsequent yank inserts that expression into a normal buffer
> >> instead of the minibuffer, the resulting behavior does not constitute a
> >> less important inconsistency but an annoying regression. This is one of
> >> the things that used to work "ever since".
> >
> > Can you tell more about the inconsistency you get in this scenario?
> > I'm afraid I don't follow the description and therefore cannot try
> > reproducing it myself.
> Suppose I want to calculate the sum of two numbers: number-1 is shown in
> a buffer on frame-1, number-2 is show in a buffer on frame-2. I start
> typing M-: (+ on frame-1 then I do C-x o, mark number-1, type M-w, C-x o
> and C-y to yank number-1 into the minibuffer. Then I add a space to the
> minibuffer, type C-x 5 o to go to frame-2, mark number-2, type M-w and
> C-x 5 o to get back to frame-1.
> Ever since, that last C-x 5 o got me to the minibuffer window. With the
> proposed change, that C-x 5 o will get me to the window of number-1 and
> I have to manually select the minibuffer window to yank number-2 there.
I think I can see where the problem is. I've even found the patch where
this problem was introduced.
I'll see if I can get a patch to you this evening to fix it.
> martin
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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